1.Which of the following are characteristics of ars nova?
-Expressiveness
-Syncopation
-Rhythmic complexity
2.How was the Black Death brought to Europe?
-Flea-infested rats
3.Which continent did Italy maintain trade with throughout the Middle Ages?
-Asia
4.True or false: In his time, Guillaume de Machaut was more famous than Chaucer and
Boccaccio?
-true
5.Which Florentine artist pioneered the shift toward a new realism in Italian
Renaissance painting?
-Giotto
6.Which family rose to power in the fourteenth century and ruled Florence for four
generations?
-medici
7.Which culture did the Classical humanists favor?
-Greco-Roman
8.Why was Italy the natural origin point for the Renaissance?
-It was the least feudalized part of the medieval world
9.Petrarch devoted his life to recovering, copying, and editing ______ manuscripts.
- Latin
10.Following ancient Greek tradition, what was Petrarch awarded for his outstanding
literary achievements?
-laurel crown